Judo in Canada

Judo in Canada had its most successful judoka in Nicolas Gill who won Olympic silver in 200 in a legendary final against Kosei Inoue. In 1992 Gill had already won bronze. In 2012 Antoine Valois-Fortier took Olympic judo bronze U81kg in London. With a successful new generation Canada Judo will mingle among the best judo nations. With 2013 Casdet World Champions Louis Krieber Gagnon and Jessica Klimkait Canada has a good outlook. Kelita Zupancic, Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard and Ecaterina Guica act at World level and Antoine Bouchard was the outperformer at the Rio Olympic Games finishing fifth. In 2015 the PanAm Games were held in Toronto.